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Women’s Fashion History. By: Maggie Davis. EARLY FASHION HISTORY. Popular items in early fashion history: Long, Floor length skirts Lace, Frills, and Chiffon as clothing decorations Collars Yoke Blouses Tea Gowns- loose, flowing gowns adorned with chiffon, lace, and frills.
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Women’s Fashion History By: Maggie Davis
EARLY FASHION HISTORY Popular items in early fashion history: Long, Floor length skirts Lace, Frills, and Chiffon as clothing decorations Collars Yoke Blouses Tea Gowns- loose, flowing gowns adorned with chiffon, lace, and frills
1920’s Fashion Popular items in the 1920’s: Flapper Dresses Coats with fur hoods Shapeless shift dresses Day-length (ankle-length) dresses for daytime Scalloped, dipping, and handkerchief hemlines to achieve the effect of a first long, then short hemline Mary Jane shoes Wrap coats that went from one side to the other and closed with a large button or complicated tab and buckle
1930’s fashion Popular items in the 1930’s: Metallic Lame Dresses Plastic Sequins and Glass Beads on dresses Halter Necks Cowl Necks “Wrap” Jackets Cardigans
1940’s fashion Popular Items in the 1940’s: Suits that consisted of a boxy, square shouldered jacket and a short, straight skirt called a “siren suit” Very simple, patriotic dressing was the style
1950’s fashion Popular Items in the 1950’s: The H- Line style (A slender suit with a narrow skirt that creeps upwards, much like the style in the twenties. Sack dresses Trapeze dresses Tent dresses Baby doll dresses “Swooping” necklines
1960’s fashion Popular items in the 1960’s: Micro, Mini, or Maxi- length skirts where in style Halter neck cat suits Granny Dresses (dresses with high- necks) Leather Hot Pants Mix and match tank- top and sweater sets Flared Trousers Bell Bottoms Trouser Suits Disco Fashion
1970’s fashion Popular Items in the 1970’s: The 60’s and 70’s were very alike in terms of fashion, and the only thing that significantly changed was the “punk style” described here Cut- up, old clothes Graffiti prints Doc Martens Safety pins Chains Tatoos Body Piercing Shaved heads Extreme or intense make-up for men and women
1980’s fashion Popular Items in the 1980’s: Lavish costume jewlrey Shoulder pads Gold Lots of glitter and glitz pn clothes Shawls Doc Martens Acronyms such as “yuppies” and “tweenies” were commonly used to describe how someone is, acts, or dresses. Tutus
1990’s fashion Popular Items in the 1990’s: Minimalism Long yarn sweater-tunics Short, fitted jackets Mini skirts that had netting or frills on them Trousers Sportswear Loose cargo pants Any type of bootleg pant Almost any type of Oriental clothing Cardigan Coats Knit wear Light wash jeans Plain t shirts Rolled jeans Leggings Blazers Tennis Shoes
2000’s FASHION Item’s popular in the 2000’s: Leggings Menswear for women Skinny jeans V neck shirts Feminine items like ruffles and lace for decoration on clothes Cardigans “Ugg” Boots Floral Prints Long, flowing dresses (maxi) as well as short, tight, dresses (mini or bandage) Tights Slouchy boots Scarfs